Selected highlights from other journals: Ability of dogs to recognise people's facial expressions

• Autores: C. A. Muler, K. Schmitt, A.L.A. Barber, L. Huber
• Localización: Veterinary Record, ISSN-e 2042-7670, Vol. 176, Nº. 10, 2015, págs. 256-256
• Idioma: inglés
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  • DOGS can pick up on certain behavioural cues in humans. This study aimed to assess whether dogs can discriminate between people's facial expressions.

    The dogs first underwent training in which they were taught to discriminate between faces of the same person with a happy or angry facial expression. In the training phase, the dogs were shown either the top or bottom half of the face only and were rewarded (with food) for choosing the correct picture for either the happy or angry faces. Some dogs were taught to detect angry faces only, while the rest were taught to look for happy faces only.